When a man wants to murder a tiger he calls it sport; when a tiger wants to murder him he calls it ferocity.
GEORGE BERNARD SHAWMake it a rule never to give a child a book you would not read yourself.
More George Bernard Shaw Quotes
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I have my own soul. My own spark of divine fire.
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Make it a rule never to give a child a book you would not read yourself.
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It is a curious sensation: the sort of pain that goes mercifully beyond our powers of feeling.
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Happy is the man who can make a living by his hobby.
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First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity.
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We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it.
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He knows nothing; and he thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career.
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The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.
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Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power.
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When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty.
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Hatred is the coward’s revenge for being intimidated.
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Imitation is not just the sincerest form of flattery – it’s the sincerest form of learning.
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There is only one religion, though there are a hundred versions of it.
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Never lose a chance: it doesn’t come every day.
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I do not know what I think until I write it.
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You see things; you say, ‘Why?’ But I dream things that never were; and I say ‘Why not?
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After all, the wrong road always leads somewhere.
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Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh.
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The man who writes about himself and his own time is the only man who writes about all people and all time.
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When you loved me I gave you the whole sun and stars to play with.
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Both optimists and pessimists contribute to society. The optimist invents the aeroplane, the pessimist the parachute.
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Never wrestle with pigs. You both get dirty and the pig likes it.
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We learn from experience that men never learn anything from experience.
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In heaven an angel is no one in particular.
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You use a glass mirror to see your face; you use works of art to see your soul.
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I choose not to make a graveyard of my body for the rotting corpses of dead animals.
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